Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for the 2012 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament took place from November 20, 2011 to June 10, 2012.

Qualification summary[]

Means of qualification v t	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	6 July 2005	Singapore	1	Great Britain
2011 World Cup	4–18 November 2011	Japan	3	Italy
				United States
				China
African Qualifier	2–4 February 2012	Blida	1	Algeria
North American Qualifier	29 Apr–5 May 2012	Tijuana	1	Dominican Republic
European Qualifier	1–6 May 2012	Ankara	1	Turkey
South American Qualifier	9–13 May 2012	São Carlos	1	Brazil
World Qualifier	19–27 May 2012	Tokyo	3	Russia
				South Korea
				Serbia
Asian Qualifier			1	Japan
Total			12

• The Asian Qualification Tournament will be combined with the World Qualification Tournament. The first 3 place teams of the tournament will qualify as the winners of the World Qualification Tournament while the best Asian team except the top 3 winners qualify as the Asian Qualification Tournament winners.

World Cup[]

Rank	Team
	Italy
	United States
	China
4	Japan
5	Brazil
6	Germany
7	Serbia
8	Dominican Republic
9	South Korea
10	Argentina
11	Algeria
12	Kenya

Continental qualification tournaments[]

Africa[]

• Venue: Blida, Algeria
• Dates: February 2–4, 2012
• All times are West Africa Time (UTC+01:00).

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Algeria	6	3	0	268	180	1.489	9	2	4.500
2	Kenya	5	2	1	258	254	1.016	7	5	1.400
3	Egypt	4	1	2	257	254	1.012	6	6	1.000
4	Seychelles	3	0	3	130	225	0.578	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Feb	16:00	Egypt	1–3	Algeria	20–25	25–23	17–25	20–25		82–98	Report
02 Feb	18:00	Seychelles	0–3	Kenya	15–25	21–25	23–25			59–75	Report
03 Feb	15:00	Algeria	3–0	Seychelles	25–6	25–6	25–12			75–24	Report
03 Feb	17:00	Kenya	3–2	Egypt	25–23	23–25	25–13	20–25	16–14	109–100	Report
04 Feb	15:00	Algeria	3–1	Kenya	25–16	25–21	20–25	25–12		95–74	Report
04 Feb	17:00	Egypt	3–0	Seychelles	25–18	25–8	25–21			75–47	Report

Europe[]

• Venue: Başkent Volleyball Hall, Ankara, Turkey
• Dates: May 1–6, 2012

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
1	Turkey
2	Poland
3	Russia
	Germany
5	Netherlands
	Bulgaria
7	Serbia
	Croatia

North America[]

• Venue: , Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
• Dates: Apr 29 – May 5, 2012

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
1	Dominican Republic
2	Cuba
3	Puerto Rico
4	Canada
5	Mexico
6	Costa Rica
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8

South America[]

• Venue: , São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
• Dates: May 9–13, 2012^[1]

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
1	Brazil
2	Peru
3	Venezuela
4	Colombia
5	Argentina
	Uruguay
7	Chile

World qualification tournament[]

• Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
• Dates: May 19–27, 2012

Final standing[]

Rank	Team
1	Russia
2	South Korea
3	Serbia
4	Japan
5	Thailand
6	Cuba
7	Peru
8	Chinese Taipei

References[]

• Qualification Process